From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,5668041422d1c33d X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Received: by 10.68.15.105 with SMTP id w9mr9860076pbc.7.1322186393808; Thu, 24 Nov 2011 17:59:53 -0800 (PST) Path: lh20ni14790pbb.0!nntp.google.com!news1.google.com!npeer01.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!post02.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.flashnewsgroups.com-b7.4zTQh5tI3A!not-for-mail From: Stephen Leake Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: AWS built for Windows / GNAT GPL 2011 References: <4a394a81-8b58-4bcf-9598-43a99f4b0bbe@y12g2000vba.googlegroups.com> <7cd886ac-f84d-4960-b7ed-2e02e3fa6936@gi1g2000vbb.googlegroups.com> Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2011 20:59:41 -0500 Message-ID: <82d3chezci.fsf@stephe-leake.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (windows-nt) Cancel-Lock: sha1:seoIILZQF1YERoT/zB+0lRGuWQQ= MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Complaints-To: abuse@flashnewsgroups.com Organization: FlashNewsgroups.com X-Trace: 8ee164ecef699e26b0fa624729 Xref: news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:19132 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: 2011-11-24T20:59:41-05:00 List-Id: Shark8 writes: >> >> It is true, however, that compiling AWS on Windows requires a bit of >> investment due to the fact that the build system is based on utilities >> from the CygWin package. It is a big and very heavy dependency >> especially for those users who have no other reason to install this >> package. > > I hear that; I wouldn't have CygWin on my computer if not for trying > to compile AWS. > IMO, Having that dependency makes AdaCore (and, by extension, Ada) > look bad; as if to say: > "Hey we have our own config/build system, but it's not good enough to > handle the compile/install by itself!" Actually, what AdaCore says is "we have our own config/build system that depends only on POSIX utilities". The problem is you are trying to build on an operating system that does not follow the POSIX standard; of course that causes problems. -- -- Stephe